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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #360 on: October 18, 2022, 09:36:39 PM »
Is he the worst signing since Jermaine Jenas (insert any of the many other names)?

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #361 on: October 18, 2022, 09:42:26 PM »
No, he’s not.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #362 on: October 18, 2022, 09:46:13 PM »
Give him a chance. Give him a ball and a yard of grass, he'll give you a move with a perfect pass.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #363 on: October 18, 2022, 09:46:26 PM »
Is he the worst signing since Jermaine Jenas (insert any of the many other names)?

No.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #364 on: October 18, 2022, 10:06:33 PM »
Is he the worst signing since Jermaine Jenas (insert any of the many other names)?

No.
OK, Grant Holt?

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #365 on: October 18, 2022, 10:58:04 PM »
The only positive anybody has managed to come up with is 'hes big'. It was an absolute naff signing.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #366 on: October 19, 2022, 09:09:52 AM »
Whatever you think of him as a player, it is ludicrous to say he’s a rubbish signing. He might turn out to be terrible, he might turn out to be amazing, he might turn out to be somewhere in between.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #367 on: October 19, 2022, 09:19:30 AM »
It’s not like there isn’t already a body of work to judge him by.
If you think he is going to evolve from a Wolves clogger who could not get into their team, (that are that shit they are even below us ) into Pele then fine.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #368 on: October 19, 2022, 09:23:38 AM »
An uninspiring signing, but a bit unfair to say it's an awful one.

He's done nothing of note, but then again, he's barely featured.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #369 on: October 19, 2022, 09:59:41 AM »
Does he offer anything that Tim or Marv or Sanson wouldn't have?

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #370 on: October 19, 2022, 10:02:47 AM »
Physicality and "profile" as Gerrard puts it.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #371 on: October 19, 2022, 10:35:28 AM »
It’s not like there isn’t already a body of work to judge him by.
If you think he is going to evolve from a Wolves clogger who could not get into their team, (that are that shit they are even below us ) into Pele then fine.

He got in their team all the time up until recently didn’t he?

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #372 on: October 19, 2022, 11:28:38 AM »
He's a poor signing in that we seemed to have more pressing problems than signing another bench warmer for upwards of £30+ million when all's taken account for. It's signings like that that drain the resources of the club whilst adding very very little and we end up with poor value for money and wondering how we have such a high wage bill when so many are contributing so little.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #373 on: October 19, 2022, 11:39:49 AM »
Whatever you think of him as a player, it is ludicrous to say he’s a rubbish signing. He might turn out to be terrible, he might turn out to be amazing, he might turn out to be somewhere in between.
We have signed him from another PL team. He was or may be still is Belgian international. How long does he needs to "turn out"? So far on any outings he has been absolutely awful.

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Re: Leander Dendoncker - signed
« Reply #374 on: October 19, 2022, 11:45:35 AM »
I don't think he's been awful, but then my definition of awful is at Danny Drinkwater level so it's a very low bar.

But it does feel a bit Habib Beye. These kind of signings when the sun is shining ultimately leads to us having to sell someone useful further down the line to balance the books.

 


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